Friend has suggested a night out to Havana. So I’ve sent in a guestlist and invited everyone.. here we go!

Reserved for James Tran - woot!

My booth reserve sign at Havana

Chocolate City / Candy Paint @ Havana
Assessment Time: 11:30pm – 4:00am
Opening Times: 10:30pm – 4:30am
Website: http://www.myspace.com/chocolatecitysydney
Address: 169 Oxford St Sydney
Dress Code: Casual ok. I had a t-shirt and jeans.
Entry Fee / Cover Charge: $15 on guestlist. $20 otherwise
Guestlist: See website for link. I send mine to candypaint.fridays@gmail.com
Inside: Setup hasn’t changed. One central dance floor, three bars. Private room and lounges everywhere.
Cloak Room: Yes.
Music: RnB
Crowd: Mostly Asian
Entertainment: Podium dancers, fancy lights, MC

Atmosphere: Pretty busy and packed on the dancefloor, and surrounding areas.
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Asian crowd at havana. Spot me in the red shirt

Asian crowd at havana. Spot me if you can =)

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Candy Paint @ Havana

On January 23, 2009, in Gypsy / Havana, RnB, by J T

“I dont care, whereever you want” I say.
“Just tell us where you want to go and we’ll go” she says
We were debating whether to go to Tank or Havana.
“I dont really mind, either one is good”
“No, just pick one already James!”
“OK” I say confidently, “..let’s go to Tank!”. It was closer, the car was parked nearby, and it’s been a while.
“NO! We’re going to Havana!” she replies…  women.

About Havana
Location: Oxford St, next to Stonewall
Website: http://www.havanaclub.com.au
Inside: Dancefloor – DJ at the front, lounges on either side with 4 bars. Enough to not wait long at all.

About Candy Paint
Music: RNB
Crowd: Asian
Dress Code: Casual Allowed. Hats allowed
Cover Charge / Entry Fee: $15 guestlist. Otherwise $20.
Occurrence: Every Friday
Atmosphere: Lively

Timeline
Got in, and it was still deadish ! Usually the floor would be packed, but it wasnt at all.

Borrowing a reserved area – for the entire night
There was a reserved area for someone’s birthday. Nobody was sitting there, so we just sat down. Nobody came to claim it back. Why reserve a whole lounge area when you are not going to turn up?

Dancing with C with observers
I can never get sick of dancing with C. She came at around 1am and we just danced it off – it always feels weird being outdanced by a girl, but its so much fun having people stare at you. I had two guys just stare at our footwork. My footwork wasn’t too good, but they still looked amazed at it. Perhaps they were 18. Oh the days when I couldn’t dance so well..

Atmosphere
The MC always keeps things lively. Somehow there was a glitch around midnight which was a bummer, but soon forgotten. Music was good in general in terms of RNB.

Coda
One of the girls got really really trashed so we had to leave. Still a good place to go ! However this year so far, the crowds haven’t been as large as they used to be.

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